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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL.. 



is smaller than the small red clover ; 

 but there is no clover that will com- 

 pare with Alsike. I shall sow 20 

 acres of it in the spring. I have tried 

 sweet clover, but it freezes out too 

 badly for me ; I cannot get a good 

 stand of it. Should we have a good 

 rain soon, white clover may spring 

 up again, which will bring out some 

 late swarms, which, if hived on foun- 

 dation or old combs (of which I have 

 plenty), they will do very well for the 

 next thirty days. This is just such a 

 season as we had in 1880, and the 

 spring of 1881 found just 9 colonies 

 living in this township. The outlook 

 here is good for better prices on 

 honey, unless it is supplied from some 

 other county. One bee keeper told 

 me that from 60 colonies he would not 

 get sufficient surplus for his own use. 



Linden Honey-Flow Light, etc.— 

 B. F. Holtermann, Brantford, Ont., 

 on July 11, 1887, says : 



Bees are doing rather poorly. The 

 linden honey-flow is very light. I got 

 45 pounds per colony from clover ; 

 from linden, so far, 20 to 25 pounds, 

 and it is not over yet. Many reports 

 are poorer. 



Names for Extracted Honey.— G. 

 E. T. Kyber, Green Bay,CH Wis., on 

 July 13, 1887, writes : 



There are objections made to the 

 name " extracted." for honey taken 

 from the comb; I would suggest to 

 name it " uncombed " honey j and, 

 verily, some from Chicago, in gro- 

 ceries here, looks (figuratively) very 

 "uncombed." But I presume objec- 

 tions will be made to this name, 

 although it could be more rationally 

 applied to honey than ■' unmarried " 

 to a person not married, unless di- 

 vorced. We may also name it 

 " divorced " honey, because separated 

 from the comb. If this is also ob- 

 jectionable, I will give up, unless we 

 name it " separated " honey. 



Our honey season is over, and the 

 result is nil. The cold and disagree- 

 able weather in April decimated the 

 few colonies left after the destructive 

 winter, and the drouth finished the 

 matter by leaving to the apiarist a 

 small lot of strong colonies, and the 

 prospect of feeding the same for next 

 winter. 



Hot Weather, etc.— A. W. Fisk, 

 Bushnell,*o Ills., July 13, 1887, writes : 



Bees in this locality are doing noth- 

 ing. The dry weather set in so early 

 that we had very tew swarms, and no 

 surplus as yet, with very poor pros- 

 pects for any ; for it gets hotter and 

 more dry daily. Yesterday was the 

 hottest day of the season, the mer- 

 cury being reported here in the shade 

 at 110° and 112" above zero. Bees 

 wintered first-rate in this locality. and 

 filled up their hives nicely with brood 

 and bees in the early spring, and I 

 expected heavy swarming ; but such 

 was not the case, and, as for a honey 

 crop, there is no show, for the white 

 clover is nearly al! dried up, which is 



our principal honey source. However, 

 we have excellent crops of hay and 

 grain, and good weather to harvest 

 them. The corn crop never looked 

 better than now, and if we have rain 

 soon, we will have a booming crop. 

 But bow different was last year's 

 honey flow. Last season at this time 

 our city was flooded with honey, nice 

 comb honey being sold here at 10 

 cents, and extracted at 5 cents per 

 pound. Last year every bee-keeper 

 had honey to sell, but this year they 

 have none. Such is the " bitter and 

 sweet " of bee-keeping. 



Honey Crop Light.— J. W. Bayard, 

 Athens,©, O., on July 9, 1887, says : 



Our bees gathered no surplus until 

 the latter part of June, and now it is 

 too wet ; so our honey crop will be 

 very light in this part of Ohio. 



Honey Season in Canada.— Thomas 



Stokes, Minesing, Ont., on July 8, 

 1887, writes : 



Bees are doing well, with prospects 

 of an abundant yield. On June 6 I 

 had my first swarm, the earliest in 

 this locality. Over half of my colo- 

 nies have swarmed. Haying is just 

 commencing, Alsike being largely 

 grown here. Pastures and roads are 

 covered with white clover. We have 

 had fine, heavy rains about every 

 week. Basswood promises well, if 

 the buds are any criterion to go by. 

 The honey season will last nearly two 

 months yet. 



Honey, but no Swarms.— E. C. 



Jordan, of Jordan Springs, 5 Va., on 

 July 13, 1887, writes : 



In this section of the country the 

 bees have gathered " dead loads " of 

 honey, but they have swarmed but 

 very little. 



No White Clover Honey, etc— E. 

 J. Fuller, Beaver Centre,>o Pa., on 

 July 9, 1887, says : 



I put into winter quarters 23 colo- 

 nies of bees— 21 good ones and 2 

 nuclei. They were wintered in an 

 out-door cellar, the temperature 

 ranging from 88° to 41°. All came 

 through the winter in good condition 

 except the 2 nuclei, which left 21 colo- 

 nies to commence the season with. 

 White clover did not yield any honey 

 to speak of, for out of about 600 sec- 

 tions put on, I have not taken 50 

 pounds of capped honey. There was 

 enough honey to keep them swarm- 

 ing, and I have got a nice increase of 

 32 colonies, making 53 in all. I will 

 have to look to fall bloom for my sur- 

 plus crop. 



Doing a World of Good.— Geo. E. 



Hilton, Fremont, K) Mich., on July 14, 



1887, writes: 



It is with pleasure that I send $1.25 

 to retain my membership in the 

 " Union." It is doing a world of 

 good, and I hope to see its member- 

 ship double this year. The honey 

 crop here will not be over one-third. 

 White clover was a failure for the 

 first time in my ten years of bee-keep- 

 ing, Basswood was cut short on 

 account of the severe drouth, and we 

 cannot depend on the fall blossoms 

 for surplus. My worst fears are, that 

 white clover is killed to such an ex- 

 tent that it will fail next season, but 

 I hope the fall rains will restore it. 



Crop Almost a Failure.- H. R. 



Boardman, East Townsend,5 O., on 

 July 12, 1887, says : 



The honey crop is almost an entire 

 failure in this part of the country. 

 White clover failed, hence we got no 

 honey from that source. A little was 

 obtained from basswood— and that is 

 all. 



Honey and Beeswax Market. 



The following are our very latest 

 quotations for honey and beeswax : 



CHICAGO. 



HONBT.— We quote : Extracted. 5@7c., acoord- 

 inK to quality and package. New honey in 1-lb- 

 sections was sold for 15c. per lb. Only 2-lb. sec- 

 tions ot honey are now on the marltet. 

 BEESWAX. -220. H. A. BURNBI'T, 

 July 7. 161 South Water St. 



DETROIT. 



HONEY.— Best white comb, 111312c. Market is 

 nearly bare, awaiting the new crop. 

 BE B 8 WAX.— 23@24o. 

 June 10. M.H. HUNT, Bell Branch, Mich. 



SAN FRANCISCO. 



HONBT.— We quote : Extracted, white. s@5^c.; 

 light amber to amber, 4Lu@5c. Comb. 2-lb. white 

 to extra white, 12 ''14c.: the same in 1-lb. sections, 

 15c.: light amber to amber 2-lbB., 9(*l2c.: 1-lbs. of 

 the same, H'f5*i2c. 



BEB8WAX.-2ic. 

 July 9. SCHACHT & l.EMCKB. 122-124 Davis St. 



ST. LOUIS. 



HONEY.— Choice comb, s®10c. Strained, In 

 barrels, 3V6®4c. Extra fancy, M more than fore- 

 going prices. Extracted. 4}4(^AHc. Market dull. 



BEESWAX.— Steady ut 21c. for prime. 



July 11. D. G. TUTT & CO., Commercial St. 



SAN FRANCISCO. 



HONEY.— We quote : White comb, 12ai4c.; am- 

 ber, 7@cl0. Extracted, white, 45ita(.'»c.: light amber 

 3^^4Hc. Market quiet. 



BEESWAX.— 19(9210. 



May 14. O. B. SMITH & CO., 423 Frout St. 



MILWAUKEE. 



HONBT.— Choice white i-lbs., I2@12j^c.: choice 2- 

 lbs., 10(^1 Ic; dark not wanted, and imperfect slow. 

 Extracted, finest white in kegs. 6^@7c. ; in 

 white in kegs and barrels. BrniRHc. ; dark, 4 to 4)^c. ; 

 amber, in barrels, 4^'a.5c. Demand limited and 

 supply small. 



BEESWAX.- 250. 



June 10. A. V. BISHOP, 142 W. Water St. 



KANSAS CITT. 



HONBT.— We quote : White clover l-lbs., 10®12 

 cts,; dark, 9 to lOe. White clover 2-lb8., 10 to lie; 

 dark, 9 to 10c. Extracted, 5 to 6c. in small way. 



BBB8WAX.-17@20e. 



July 14. CLBMONS.CLOON & CO., cor 4th.!k Walnut 



CINCINNATI. 



HONBT.— We quote for extracted, 3@7c. per lb. 

 Best comb brings ll®I4c. Demand improving. 



BEESWAX.— Good demand,— 20®22c. per lb. lor 

 good to choice yellow. 

 Jun. 11. C.F.MUTH & SoN.Freeman & Central At. 



BOSTON. 



HONEY.— 1-lb. packages of white clover honey 

 at 13@15c.: 2-pound8 at ll®13c. Extracted. 5@7c. 

 Sales very light. Fancy white extracted in good 

 demand, but supply limited. 



RKKSWAX.— 26 cts. per lb. 

 July II. Blakk a KiPT.KY, a7 Chatham !<treet. 



